by Alexander Neu*
(10 May 2021) A spectre is haunting Europe – once again. And, once again, it is not communism, but the opposite – the iron fist of US capitalism/imperialism: the US-led manoeuvre Defender-Europe 21. To be fair, one has to concede that the US-dominated NATO is the real iron fist of Western imperialism.
by Ernst Wolff*
(10 May 2021) Ukraine is increasingly becoming a highly explosive powder keg for the international community. A few weeks ago, President Volodymyr Selenskyj deliberately fueled the conflict, which has been simmering for several years, by announcing his intention to retake the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 and the Donbass region dominated by pro-Russian separatists.
From: Helmut Schmidt "A Last Visit: Encounters with the World Power China"
by Reinhild Felten, Germany
(date) Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) was German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and co-editor of "DIE ZEIT" since 1983. He remains one of the best-known and most popular politicians and publicists in Germany. He has published numerous books.
In his book "One last visit: encounters with the world power China",* published in 2013, Helmut Schmidt conveys an unusually balanced, benevolent view of China, considering he is a German politician.
What kind of war is the USA preparing against Russia?
by Thomas Röper*
(18 April 2021) There was a commentary on Russian television that makes one think and worry, because the logic cannot be dismissed. The new US administration is heading for war; it is playing with fire. And it is doing so in Europe.
by Thierry Meyssan
(18 April 2021) The world was used to oil wars since the end of the 19th century. Now the wars over lithium, a mineral that is essential for mobile phones, but above all for electric cars, are beginning. Foreign Office documents obtained by a British historian and journalist show that the UK engineered the overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales to steal the country’s lithium reserves.
Construction work at Büchel airbase in Germany
Press release IPPNW
(13 April 2021) The medical organisation "International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War" (IPPNW) criticises the decision of the German government to prepare the re-stationing of nuclear weapons in Büchel despite the pandemic and before the elections on 26 September.
In an answer to the parliamentary group DIE LINKE dated 1 March 2021, the federal government confirms that construction work at the Bundeswehr airbase in Büchel on the runway will begin in 2022 and continue until 2026. The planned costs of the conversion and expansion measures amount to almost 260 million euros.